K-5 REQUIRED TRADE BOOK PROCUREMENT LIST

Author
Pub
Grade Module Title (Last Name, Publisher Quantity ISBN13 Text Type Lexile
Date
First Name)
K 1 Llama Llama Time to Share Dewdney, Anna Penguin Young Readers 6 per class 9780670012336 Literary AD250 2012

K 1 Toys Galore Stein, Peter Candlewick 1 per class 9780763662547 Literary 2013

K 1 Have Fun, Molly Lou Melon Lovell, Patty Penguin Young Readers 6 per class 9780399254062 Literary AD820 2012

K 1 Playing with Friends Rissman, Rebecca Heinemann 1 per class 9781432990275 Informational AD530L 2014

K 2 One Hot Summer Day Crews, Nina HarperCollins 1 per class 9780688133931 Literary 1995

K 2 On the Same Day in March Singer, Marilyn HarperCollins 1 per class 9780064435284 Informational AD540 2000

K 2 Weather (National Geographic Rattini, Kristin National Geographic 1 per class 9781426313486 Informational 330 2013
Readers Series)

K 2 Weather Words and What Gibbons, Gail Holiday House 6 per class 9780823441907 Informational 450 1992
They Mean*

K 2 Come On, Rain! Hesse, Karen Scholastic 6 per class 9780590331258 Literary AD780 1999

K 2 Umbrella Yashima, Taro Penguin Young Readers 1 per class 9780140502404 Literary AD480 1958

K 2 Brave Irene Steig, William Square Fish 1 per class 9780312564223 Literary AD630 1986

K 2 The Snowy Day Keats, Ezra Jack Penguin Young Readers 6 per class 9780140501827 Literary AD500 1976

K 3 What’s Alive? Zoehfeld, HarperCollins 6 per class 9780064451321 Informational AD430 1995
Kathleen Weidner

K 3 The Tree in the Ancient Forest Reed-Jones, Carol Dawn Publications 1 per class 9781883220310 Literary 620 1995

K 3 Be a Friend to Trees Lauber, Patricia HarperCollins 1 per pair 9780064451208 Informational 500 1994

K 3 Are Trees Alive? Miller, Debbie Walker 1 per class 9780802788016 Literary 640 2003

K 4 A Tree for Emmy Rodman, Peachtree Publishers 6 per class 9781561454754 Literary AD360 2009
Mary Ann

K 4 A Tree is Nice Udry, Janice May HarperCollins 6 per class 9780064431477 Informational 420 1956

K 4 Gus is a Tree Babin, Claire Enchanted Lion Books 1 per class 9781592700783 Literary N/A 2009

K 4 Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai Napoli, Donna Jo Simon & Schuster 1 per class 9781416935056 Informational AD710 2010
and the Trees of Kenya

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 Author
Pub
Grade Module Title (Last Name, Publisher Quantity ISBN13 Text Type Lexile
Date
First Name)
K 4 Oliver’s Tree Chase, Kit Penguin Young Readers 6 per class 9780399257001 Literary N/A 2014

K 4 We Planted a Tree Muldrow, Diane Random House Children’s 1 per class 9780553539035 Informational AD620 2010

1 1 Tools Morris, Ann HarperCollins 6 per class 9780688161651 Informational BR 1998

1 1 The Most Magnificent Thing Spires, Ashley Kids Can Press 6 per class 9781554537044 Literary AD380 2014

1 1 The Little Red Pen Stevens, Janet and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 6 per class 9780152064327 Literary AD300 2011
Crummel, Susan
Stevens

1 1 A Chef ’s Tools Strauss, Holden Rosen Publishing 1 per class 9781499408348 Informational NC950 2015

1 1 My Math Toolbox** Allen, Nancy Kelly Rourke Educational Media 1 per class 9781617419607 Informational 2011

1 1 I Use Science Tools Hicks, Kelli L. Rourke Educational Media 1 per class 9781617419317 Informational 490 2011

1 2 Summer Sun Risin’ Nikola-Lisa, W. Lee & Low 6 per class 9781584302520 Literary NP 2002

1 2 Why the Sun and the Moon Dayrell, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1 per class 9780395539637 Literary 570 1968
Live in the Sky Elphinstone

1 2 Sun and Moon Yankey, Lindsey Simply Read Books 1 per class 9781927018606 Literary 2015

1 2 Papa, Please Get the Carle, Eric Simon and Schuster 1 per class 9780887080265 Literary AD310 1991
Moon for Me

1 2 Kitten’s First Full Moon Henkes, Kevin HarperCollins 2 per class 9780060588281 Literary 360 2004

1 2 What Makes Day and Night Branley, Franklyn HarperCollins 6 per class 9780062381972 Informational 230 1986
M.

1 2 Does the Sun Sleep?: Noticing Rustad, Martha Lerner Publishing 1 per class 9781467786119 Informational 370 2015
Sun, Moon, and Star Patterns E.H.

1 2 What the Sun Sees, Tafuri, Nancy Greenwillow Books 6 per class 9780688144937 Literary 260 1997
What the Moon Sees

1 3 Just Ducks Davies, Nicola Candlewick 1 per class 9780763670511 Literary AD940 2014

1 3 Birds Henkes, Kevin HarperCollins 1 per class 9780061363047 Literary AD410 2009

1 3 Birds (Scholastic Discover Arlon, Penelope Scholastic 1 per pair 9780545667739 Informational 620 2014
More)

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 Author
Pub
Grade Module Title (Last Name, Publisher Quantity ISBN13 Text Type Lexile
Date
First Name)
1 3 Flight School Judge, Lita Atheneum 1 per class 9781442481770 Literary AD420 2014

1 3 Feathers: Not Just for Flying Stewart, Melissa Charlesbridge 1 per pair 9781580894319 Informational 910 2014

1 3 Beaks! Collard, Sneed Charlesbridge 1 per pair 9781570913884 Informational IG970 2002

1 3 Little Kids First Big Book of Hughes, National Geographic 1 per pair 9781426324321 Informational NC800 2016
Birds (National Geographic) Catherine

1 4 A Place for Birds Stewart, Melissa Peachtree Publishers 1 per pair 9781561458400 Literary 520 2016

1 4 City Hawk: The Story of McCarthy, Simon & Schuster 1 per class 9781416933595 Literary AD880 2007
Pale Male Meghan

1 4 Lost and Found Jeffers, Oliver Penguin Young Readers 1 per class 9780399245039 Literary N/A 2005

1 4 Maggie the One-Eyed Peregrine Gove-Berg, Adventure Publications 1 per class 9781591935162 Literary 520 2016
Falcon: A True Story of Rescue Christie
and Rehabilitation

1 4 Olivia’s Birds: Saving the Gulf Bouler, Olivia Sterling 1 per class 9781402786655 Informational 880 2011

1 4 Pierre the Penguin: Marzollo, Jean Sleeping Bear Press 1 per class 9781585364855 Literary AD580 2010
A True Story

1 4 The Lion and the Bird Dubuc, Marianne Enchanted Lion Books 1 per class 9781592701513 Literary AD160 2014

2 1 The Dot Reynolds, Peter H. Candlewick 6 per class 9780763619619 Literary AD500 2003

2 1 The Invisible Boy Ludwig, Trudy Random House Children’s 6 per class 9781582464503 Literary AD680 2013

2 1 Off to Class: Incredible and Hughes, Susan Owlkids Books 6 per class 9781926818863 Informational 950 2011
Unusual Schools around
the World

2 1 The Important Book Brown, HarperCollins 1 per class 9780064432276 Poetry AD580L 1949
Margaret Wise

2 2 Stone Girl, Bone Girl Anholt, Laurence Frances Lincoln Children’s 6 per class 9781845077006 Literary 520L 2006

2 2 The Dog That Dug the Redmond, Simon & Schuster 1 per student 9780689857089 Literary 620 2004
Dinosaurs Shirley Raye

Please note that as of May 2019, The Big Dinosaur Dig is no longer a required text for Grade 2: Module 2.

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 Author
Pub
Grade Module Title (Last Name, Publisher Quantity ISBN13 Text Type Lexile
Date
First Name)
2 2 Curious about Fossils Waters, Kate Penguin Young Readers 1 per class 9780448490199 Informational NC780L 2016

2 2 Fossils Tell of Long Ago Brandenberg, HarperCollins 1 per class 9780062382078 Informational 480L 1972
Aliki

2 2 Fossils Squire, Ann O. Scholastic 6 per class 9780531262504 Informational 1010L 2002

2 2 Paleontology: The Study of Gray, Susan, Scholastic 1 per class 9780531282748 Informational 860 2012
Prehistoric Life Heinrichs

2 3 Plant Secrets Goodman, Emily Charlesbridge 1 per class 9781580892056 Informational AD720 2009

2 3 Seed to Plant Rattini, Kristin National Geographic 1 per student 9781426314704 Informational 400 2014
Baird

2 3 From Seed to Plant Gibbons, Gail Holiday House 1 per class 9780823410255 Informational 660 1991

2 3 What is Pollination? Kalman, Bobbie Crabtree 1 per pair 9780778733065 Informational IG830 2010

2 4 A Place for Bats Stewart, Melissa Peachtree Publishers 1 per pair 9781561457632 Informational 920 2012

2 4 A Place for Butterflies Stewart, Melissa Peachtree Publishers 1 per student 9781561457847 Informational 980 2011

2 4 Hey, Little Ant Hoose, Philip & Random House Children’s 6 per class 9781883672546 Literary NP 1998
Hannah

2 4 The Little Hummingbird Yahgulanaas, Greystone 1 per class 9781553655336 Literary AD550 2010
Michael

2 4 The Lizard and the Sun Ada, Alma Flor Random House Children’s 1 per class 9780440415312 Literary AD580 1999

2 4 The Ant and the Grasshopper Marwood, Diane Crabtree 1 per student 9780778779018 Literary 560 2012

3 1 Waiting for the Biblioburro Brown, Monica Random House Children’s 1 per class 9781582463537 Literary AD880 2011

3 1 Rain School Rumford, James Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1 per student 9780547243078 Literary AD420 2010

3 1 Nasreen’s Secret School Winter, Jeanette Beach Lane Books 1 per student 9781416994374 Literary AD630 2009

3 1 My Librarian Is a Camel Ruurs, Margriet Highlights Press 1 per class 9781590780930 Informational 980 2005

3 1 More Than Anything Else Bradby, Marie Scholastic 1 per class 9780531094648 Literary 660 1995

3 1 Thank You, Mr. Falker Polacco, Patricia Penguin Young Readers 1 per class 9780399257629 Literary AD650 2012

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 Author
Pub
Grade Module Title (Last Name, Publisher Quantity ISBN13 Text Type Lexile
Date
First Name)
3 2 Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle † Dennard, Deborah Soundprints 1 per student 9781607270690 Literary 2002

3 2 Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs Florian, Douglas Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1 per class 9780152052485 Poetry NP 2005

3 2 Everything You Need to Know DK Publishing DK Publishing 1 per student 9780756682323 Informational IG1040 2011
about Frogs and Other Slippery
Creatures

3 3 Peter Pan (Classic Starts) Barrie, J.M. Sterling 1 per student 9781402754210 Literary 2009

3 4 One Well: The Story of Strauss, Rochelle Kids Can Press 1 per student 9781553379546 Informational IG960 2007
Water on Earth

3 4 The Boy Who Harnessed Kamkwamba, Penguin Young Readers 1 per class 9780803735118 Literary 910 2012
the Wind William and
Mealer, Bryan

3 4 Water Dance Locker, Thomas Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1 per class 9780152163969 Literary 310 1997

4 1 A River of Words Bryant, Jen Eerdmans 1 per class 9780802853028 Literary AD820 2008

4 1 Love that Dog Creech, Sharon HarperCollins 1 per student 9780064409599 Literary 1010 2003

4 2 Can You Survive the Doeden, Matt Capstone 1 per class 9781429679961 Literary 680 2012
Wilderness

4 2 Animal Behavior: Wilsdon, Chelsea House 1 per student 9780816085125 Informational 2009
Animal Defenses Christina

4 2 Venom Singer, Marilyn Lerner 1 per class 9781467749091 Informational NC1110L 2014

4 3 Divided Loyalties: The Barton Thompson, Gare Cengage Learning 1 per student 9780792258674 Literary NP 2007
Family during the American
Revolution

4 3 Colonial Voices: Winters, Kay Penguin Young Readers 1 per class 9780147511621 Literary 640 2008
Hear Them Speak

4 4 The Hope Chest Schwabach, Random House Children’s 1 per student 9780375840968 Literary 800 2008
Caroline

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 Author
Pub
Grade Module Title (Last Name, Publisher Quantity ISBN13 Text Type Lexile
Date
First Name)
5 1 Esperanza Rising Ryan, Pam Muñoz Scholastic 1 per student 9780439120425 Literary 750 2002

5 1 A Life Like Mine: How Children DK Publishing DK Publishing 1 per class 9780756618032 Informational 2006
Live Around the World

5 2 The Most Beautiful Roof Lasky, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1 per student 9780152008970 Literary 1160 1997
in the World Kathryn

5 2 The Great Kapok Tree Cherry, Lynne Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 1 per class 9780152026141 Literary 670 2000

5 2 Seeds of Change Johnson, Lee & Low 1 per class 9781600603679 Literary 820 2010
Jen Cullerton

5 3 Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson, Sharon Scholastic 1 per student 9780439425926 Informational 1030 2004
Robinson Changed America

5 4 Eight Days: A Story of Haiti Danticat, Edwidge Scholastic 1 per student 9780545278492 Literary AD820 2010

ISBNs included in this list are aligned to the specific editions used in the EL Education Language Arts Curriculum.

Notes:
* The publisher of Weather Words and What They Mean, used in Kindergarten: Module 2, has updated the ISBN. This new
edition has updated page numbers, which are referenced in the teacher guide and supporting materials. Please refer to the
crosswalk on our website - https://curriculum.eleducation.org/tools/k-5
** A paperback version is available through school book distribution channels.
† Available for sale through Open Up Resources and LearnZillion.
Please note that as of May 2019, The Big Dinosaur Dig is no longer a required text for Grade 2: Module 2.

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